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Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients waited over a year for hospital treatment in each year since 1979. [10907]
Mr. Milburn
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Information on patients waiting over a year for treatment on either an ordinary or day care basis at national health service hospitals in England is given in the table. The first information available for day cases was for 31 September 1987.
| Number of patients waiting more than 12 months as at 31 March: | ||||
| Ordinary admissions | Day cases | All in-patient cases | Total number waiting | |
| 1979 | 185,195 | — | — | 752,422 |
| 1980 | 196,983 | — | — | 664,919 |
| 1981 | 180,774 | — | — | 628,333 |
| 1982 | 175,554 | — | — | 622,480 |
| 1983 | 198,546 | — | — | 726,186 |
| 1984 | 194,614 | — | — | 692,945 |
| 1985 | 171,197 | — | — | 674,453 |
| 1986 | 161,326 | — | — | 673,107 |
| 1987 | 162,273 | — | — | 687,945 |
| 1988 | 182,161 | 25,764 | 207,925 | 876,246 |
| 1989 | 193,952 | 29,359 | 223,311 | 922,676 |
| 1990 | 175,777 | 32,083 | 207,860 | 958,976 |
| 1991 | 145,109 | 24,652 | 169,761 | 948,243 |
| 1992 | 69,000 | 11,585 | 80,585 | 917,717 |
| 1993 | 45,195 | 11,682 | 56,877 | 994,974 |
| 1994 | 46,404 | 18,104 | 64,508 | 1,065,369 |
| 1995 | 21,750 | 10,444 | 32,194 | 1,044,051 |
| 1996 | 3,686 | 890 | 4,576 | 1,048,029 |
| 1997 | 20,732 | 10,476 | 31,208 | 1,158,004 |